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Zookeeper Sarah Hall helps count meerkats as part of the annual census at the Bristol Zoo, Jan. 2, 2013, in Bristol, England. The annual count is carried out at the start of each year and takes stock of more than 400 species.

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Zookeeper Sarah Hall helps count meerkats as part of the annual census at the Bristol Zoo, Jan. 2, 2013, in Bristol, England. The annual count is carried out at the start of each year and takes stock of more than 400 species.

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Fireworks explode over Elizabeth Tower housing the Big Ben clock to celebrate the New Year in London, Jan. 1, 2013.

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Indian women offer prayers for a gang rape victim at Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi, India, Jan. 2, 2013. India's top court says it will decide whether to suspend lawmakers facing sexual assault charges as thousands of women gathered at the memorial to demand stronger protection for their safety.

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Stanford wide receiver Jamal-Rashad Patterson, left, makes a catch against Wisconsin defensive back Shelton Johnson (24) during the first half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game, Jan. 1, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif.

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Thomas Morgenstern of Austria, soars through the air during a training session in front of the judges and the Zugspitze mountain for the second stage of the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Jan. 1, 2013.

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Chadian soldiers, part of a FOMAC multinational force convoy, man a position near Damara, Central African Republic, Jan. 2, 2013. The commander of FOMAC warned rebels in the Central African Republic against trying to take the town of Damara, saying it would "amount to a declaration of war".

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A man takes part in the traditional New Year's swim in Geluzis Lake, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 1, 2013.

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Nationalists hold torches during a march marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera, in Lviv, Ukraine, Jan. 1, 2013. Bandera was a Ukrainian politician and one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in western Ukraine, who headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

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Phil Taylor of England celebrates with the trophy after winning the final of the 2013 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace in London, Jan. 1, 2013.

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A woman walks past a mural of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 1, 2013. Somber Venezuelans began 2013 worrying over about their leader as he wages his battle with cancer in a Havana hospital.